Suzanne Asbury-Oliver, who runs Oregon Aero SkyDancer skywriting with her husband Steve, told MLive the Wolverines' athletic department hired her business to put Michigan slogans into the air above Ann Arbor then East Lansing on Saturday.

Michigan athletic department spokesperson Dave Ablauf acknowledged his department paid for Saturday's skywriting but said no specific locations were targeted.

"We hired the skywriters to canvas southeast Michigan with slogans and numbers prior to our game last Saturday,"he said in a statement. "There were no locations targeted."

Claiming there's no rivalry is the good sign that there is one.
That's on the same level as the "little brother" comments.
Sounds like an intense rivalry to me.
Skywriting is another sign of a healthy rivalry.

Just glad there's no violence against opposing fans (that I'm aware of) at these games.

Claiming there's no rivalry is the good sign that there is one.
That's on the same level as the "little brother" comments.
Sounds like an intense rivalry to me.
Skywriting is another sign of a healthy rivalry.

Just glad there's no violence against opposing fans (that I'm aware of) at these games.

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Yeah, I don't think the sky writing was a big deal. We' ll screw you guys back. Fun rivalry. The only thing that got under my skin was Michigan denying the rivalry...until it hit me that the whole purpose of them denying the rivalry was to get under our skin, LOL.

Westerman, who is a private pilot, estimated the cost of Saturday's skywriting at $3,000. He asked his fellow MSU alumni to match that amount in donations for ovarian cancer, a disease his wife, Colleen, has battled twice. He also challenged his counterparts at the U-M Alumni Association to equal what Michigan State raises.

Spartan fans and alumni responded emphatically, donating upward of $27,000 by Thursday afternoon, impressing even the enthusiastic Westerman in the process.

"This is taking on a life of its own, an outcome that I could never have hoped for," he said. "I'm feeling very proud to be a Spartan today."

A big game tomorrow for MSU as they play the Fighting Irish.
In front of touchdown Jesus, the Spartans will show ND that they don't have a prayer in this one.
MSU will play inspired football. That's a lock

Their fans will rejoice, and suddenly believe in 8-0, before the Big game is played against their favorite RIVAL...............

I will post this here and spare you a " I hate Boise State" thread. Fresno was up 34-19 as 4th quarter began. Gave up 3touchdowns to Boise and fell down 34-40. But they score a touchdown hold Boise and win 41-40!!! Woohoo!

As far as Michigan state... Time to sweep under the bed so I don't get dirty watching the game.

I will post this here and spare you a " I hate Boise State" thread. Fresno was up 34-19 as 4th quarter began. Gave up 3touchdowns to Boise and fell down 34-40. But they score a touchdown hold Boise and win 41-40!!! Woohoo!

As far as Michigan state... Time to sweep under the bed so I don't get dirty watching the game.

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Gonna take this one all in. They won't meet again until at least 2016 because of ND's silly ACC schedule.

Well it looks lime Darth was a soothsayer here. Sparty still could have won that game with the TD and the two FG's, if the Irish paid refs had not called every pass interference against MSU.

There were was that should have been a no call, another that could have gone either way and then the one in the 4th that eventually gave the Irish the winning TD should have been possibly called in favor of the State DB.

What a boring game. The Spartans beat themselves but the referees helped. This team is in trouble. The drops were ridiculous. The calls were just ridiculous. Did Conner cook ever throw the ball over 15 yards?